1887 in Portugal

Events in the year 1887 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Louis I
 * Prime Minister: José Luciano de Castro

Events

 * 6 March – Portuguese legislative election, 1887
 * 1 December – Signing of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking, when sovereignty over Macau was surrendered to Portugal, or as in the Chinese interpretation, only administrative rights were transferred

Births



 * 7 March – Cyril Wright (rugby union), rugby player (died 1960)
 * 21 March – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, prince (died 1908)
 * 17 May – Froilano de Mello, microbiologist (died 1955)
 * 14 November – Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, painter (died 1918)
 * 18 December – Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, military officer (died 1961)

Deaths



 * 19 October – José Rodrigues, painter (born 1828)
 * 11 November – Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos, musician (born 1802).

Full date unknown

 * Fontes Pereira de Melo, statesman, politician, and engineer (born 1819)